iced coffee drink

for these hot days....

2 shots (3 oz.) espresso
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 1/2 cups low-fat milk
1 Tbls. pectin OR 1 tsp. pectin + 1 tsp. arrowroot


-Stir sugar into espresso. Cool mixture.
-Stir milk and pectin into espresso mixture until pectin is dissolved.
-Fill a glass with ice and either serve mixture over ice, or pour glass contents into blender and blend for 30-45 seconds.

VARIATIONS: Mocha: + 1 pinch cocoa powder.
Orange Mocha: + 1 pinch cocoa powder and 2 Tbls. orange chocolate chips.
NOTES : No espresso? Use coffee that has been run through coffee maker twice.

Even without the pectin it is great